Frontiers of Literary Studies in China

Aims & Scope

Frontiers of Literary Studies in China provides a forum for peer-reviewed academic papers in literary studies within and outside of China in order to promote communication and exchanges between scholars working in different institutional settings and along different cultural and intellectual traditions.

It seeks to reflect advances in independent research and theoretical thinking in the field of literary analysis and interpretation broadly defined and in dialogue with critical discourses on issues of common and shared intellectual and social concerns of today’s world.

It is this publication’s duty to introduce to the world fresh academic achievements from the field of Chinese literary studies.

Equal editorial attention and effort will be given to showcasing the productivity and innovativeness in both China and abroad.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1
2024	0.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30576

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.100

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Zhao Yuanren’s Translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Its Significance in Modern Chinese Literary History

  Citation: 4

  Authors: HU

• Buddhist kepan and literary theory of the early Tang Dynasty

  Citation: 3

  Authors: ZHANG

• From Counter-Canon to Hypercanon in a Postcanonical Age: Eileen Chang as Text and Myth

  Citation: 2

  Authors: ZHANG

• Is Li Bai a Romanticist?—Understanding an Old Poet through a New Concept

  Citation: 2

  Authors: LIU

• Buddhist-Taoist rivalry and the evolution of the story of Lü Dongbin’s slaying the Yellow Dragon with a flying sword

  Citation: 2

  Authors: WU

• An audible China: Speech and the innovation in modern Chinese writing

  Citation: 2

  Authors: CHEN

• The origin of the Westernized vernacular Chinese baihuawen: A re-evaluation of the influence of Western missionaries on Chinese literature

  Citation: 2

  Authors: YUAN

• Primitive and modern: Two faces of Shanghai in Chinese and Western literature

  Citation: 2

  Authors: CHEN

• The influence and misreading of Brecht in China

  Citation: 1

  Authors: HU

• Metal typography, stone lithography and the dissemination of Ming-Qing popular fictions in Shanghai between 1874 and 1911

  Citation: 1

  Authors: PAN

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